Obituaries from December 2018

Elton E. Fletcher, age 96, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 at the Galena Nursing Center. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery. ...

Arlene Snow, age 92, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 at her home. She was born on Sept. 17, 1926 at Mound City, Kansas the daughter of Chester A. and Fallie DeMott Nickelson. She was united in marriage to Frank Wilford "Bill" Snow on Oct. ...

Ivan L. Bare, age 88, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, at the Medicalodge in Fort Scott. He was born March 24, 1930, in Summerville, Kan., the son of Carl Horace Bare and Bertha Mabel Kirk Bare. Ivan served with the United States Army from 1951 to 1953 where he was stationed in Germany. ...

Betty Jane Martin Farmer of Shawnee, Kan., age 86, peacefully joined her Creator on Nov. 28, 2018. BJ (now Jane) was born Friday, Sept. 13, 1932, to C.C. and Mabel (States) Martin of Fort Scott. She forever honored her parents; he a self-sustained pastor and owner of a plumbing/heating shop and she a registered nurse. They both were army veterans from WWI and Mabel a civilian nurse during WWII. Service to others and celebrate life was the family creed...

Kenneth LeRoy Davis, age 91, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away peacefully at his home in Happy Hollow, surrounded by his family and love. He was born July 27, 1927, in Fort Scott, the son of John Kenneth Davis and Sylvia Opal Sluder Davis. Kenny had numerous occupations throughout his lifetime beginning with helping his granddad dig coal and sell it on Market Square. ...

William Harry “Bill” Smith, Jr. (Wild Bill to his biker buds), age 60, passed away unexpectedly Dec. 3, 2018, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. He was born on Aug. 22, 1958, in Ft. Scott, Kan., to Charlene and William “Blacky” Smith, Sr. Bill was a very hard-working man. ...

Randall Scott "Randy" Banta, age 55, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away at his home on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. ...

Deborah Louise Underwood, age 65, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, at her home. She was born Sept. 5, 1953, in Lebanon, Pa., the daughter of Ezequiel Santana and Esther Rebecca Mark Santana. She married Steven Underwood on Oct. ...

Frederick Gerald Clary, of Syracuse, Kan., passed away at the Wesley Woodlawn Hospital in Wichita, on Dec. 1, 2018, at the age of 80. He was born April 19, 1938, in Deerfield, Mo., the son of Noah Frederick Clary and Lois Vivian (Thurman) Clary. Gerald spent his entire life in Kansas. ...

Virginia Ruth Mitchell, age 88, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 at her home. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial will be in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to service time at the Chapel. Contributions are suggested to the American Heart Association. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com...

Charles Wesley Hall, age 61, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, at the Valley View Senior Living Center in Junction City, Kan. He was born Aug. 30, 1957, in Fort Scott, the son of Edward LeRoy Hall and Mary Bolen Hall. Charley had worked in construction and demolition work. He enjoyed working and always was kept busy. He enjoyed fishing...

Leon Foster passed away peacefully Tuesday evening Dec. 11, 2018, in Independence, Kan., with family members by his side. He was 94. He was born in McCune, Kan., Aug. 2, 1924, to Marie (Tridle) and Earl Foster. At McCune High School he excelled as a student and an athlete in track and football. After graduation in 1943 he immediately joined the Navy and served his country during World War II until 1946 as a hydraulics engineer building turrets for aircraft bombers...

David Lee Graham, age 54, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott. He was born on June 12, 1964, in Fort Scott, the son of Billy and Shirley Nutter Graham. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1982. ...

Ronald L. Graves, 70, of Olathe, Kan., passed Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe Chapel. Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Monday at Olathe Memorial Cemetery. To view his obituary please visit www.PenwellGabelOlathe.com...

Shirley Ann Remby, age 72, a former resident of Pleasanton, Kan., and more recently of Rogers, Ark., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Bentonville, Ark. There was cremation. A memorial service with burial in the Holmes Cemetery will take place at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kan...

Charles Maurice Blevins, age 86, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., peacefully passed away Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, at Country Place Memory Care in Fort Scott. He was born April 20, 1932, in Foster, Mo., the son of Maurice Blevins and Hazel Hooper Blevins. ...

Daryl Keith Swanwick was born in Columbus, Kan., on Aug. 23, 1946 to Francis Darrell “Sonny” Swanwick and Alma Arlene McCorkle Swanwick of rural Oswego, Kan. He attended Sunny View Elementary School, which was a one-room schoolhouse in his first grade year, then was replaced by a modern two-room school from his second through eighth grades. There were five students in his eighth-grade graduation class, four boys and one girl. Daryl sang “The Marines Hymn” at his graduation...

Donna Lynn Bruner, age 73, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital emergency room. She was born on Sept. 22, 1945, in Nevada, Mo., the daughter of Ava “Brownie” Brown and Ethel Goins Brown. She attended Fort Scott schools until December of her senior year when her family moved to Spring Hill, Kan. ...

Elvis M. Reeder, age 87, resident of Bronson, Kan., died Friday morning, Dec. 21, 2018, at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Mo. Services for Elvis Reeder will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Tommy Lee Lawrence, age 58, resident of Fort Scott, died Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room. Services for Tommy Lawrence will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.

Paul Vernon Russell, age 87, a life-long resident of Redfield, Kan., passed away Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, at the Medicalodge in Fort Scott. He was born July 1, 1931, on the family farm in Redfield, the son of John Russell and Muriel Boileau Russell. ...

The family of Mabel L. Miller, 91, who passed away Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, would like to invite family and friends to a memorial service in her memory. The memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018 at the Hiattville United Methodist Church. There will be a visitation following the service...

Elvis “Sode” Myrle Reeder, age 87, of Bronson, Kan., passed away peacefully into the arms of our Lord on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Mo., after a sudden illness. Elvis was born Jan. 31, 1931, in Uniontown, Kan., the firstborn of three children to Eldon “Buzz” Delois Reeder and Hazel Levonia “Vone” (Shull) Reeder...

Carrol Martin Glendening, 91, Shawnee, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018 at Garden Terrace in Overland Park, Kan. A visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m., with service at 2 p.m., on Sunday, Dec. 30, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS 66210. Burial will follow at Shawnee Mission Memorial Gardens...

Oral Hazel Rhynerson, age 101, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018 at her home. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery, La Cygne, Kan. ...

Ada Maxine Burnett, age 92, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018, at Guest Home Estates. She was born Jan. 25, 1926, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Ernest Goddard and Ruby Hazel Evans Goddard. Maxine graduated from Richards Missouri High School where she excelled at basketball. ...

Tom (Moose) Lawrence, age 58, resident of Ft. Scott, Kan., died Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, at the Mercy Hospital Emergency Room. He was born July 20, 1960, in Ft. Scott, the son of Lloyd D. Lawrence and Shirley J. Sears Lawrence. He graduated from Fort Scott High School with the class of 1978. ...

Mark Lynn McDaniel, age 51, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at his home. He was born Dec. 28, 1966, in Fort Scott, the son of Donald Lee McDaniel and Barbara Sue Wolfe McDaniel. He graduated from the Fort Scott High School and later completed welding and truck driving courses at Fort Scott Community College. ...